Mad in America
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The PAR is supposed to present benefits and risks for each of the treatment alternatives a patient might consider. In a study of patients with migraine headache, patients were aware that they might receive a placebo or an anti-migraine medication called Maxalt. Instead, the prescriber chooses which risks to present. Maybe three.
Mad in America
JUNE 11, 2024
The present moment contains X, but you don’t want X; you want Y. We are either grasping for a completely different condition other than the one that ‘IS,’ or the present moment might be generally pleasant, but we can think of one or two things we might like to change. Ill Will and Aversion. Sloth and Torpor.
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Mad in America
MARCH 6, 2025
Some may argue that the history presented here imposes a contemporary perspective on a hospital that existed many years ago. One could argue that that institutional anosognosia remains present today with the systems overuse of psychiatric medications. You might lose months of memory and some loss of self-esteem.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 24, 2023
His intuitive grasp of how childhood trauma could repress and obliterate memory, fuelling the repetition compulsion of self-destructive patterns of behaviour, was central not only to psychoanalysis, but also our modern understanding of psychological trauma.
Mad in America
JANUARY 17, 2025
Both can also be found in one form or another in many ancient spiritual practices but are invariably lacking or not present at all in the biomedical approach to mental health. I was also acutely embarrassed and ashamed about what had happened to me so I tried to hide my experiences from everyone, even to the point of self-denial.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The therapy was based on strong science: DBT incorporates some classic techniques from therapy, such as cognitive reappraisal , or reframing negative events in a more positive way, and it also includes more avant-garde techniques such as mindfulness, the practice of being in the present moment. The curriculum has since been revamped.)
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 22, 2025
Since going off psychotropic drugs is a frequent topic of conversation, we present it as a context for mutual aid in action. Telling people theyre destined for the worst possible outcome can create a self-fulfilling “nocebo” effect, reinforcing the very dependence they seek to escape. One size does not fit all.
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